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<sect2><title>Configuring Glibc</title>
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<para>We need to create the /etc/nsswitch.conf file. Although glibc should
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provide defaults when this file is missing or corrupt, its defaults don't work
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well with networking which will be dealt with in a later chapter. Also, our
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timezone needs to be set up.</para>
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<para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> by running the
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following:</para>
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<para><screen><userinput>cat > /etc/nsswitch.conf << "EOF"</userinput>
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# Begin /etc/nsswitch.conf
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passwd: files
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group: files
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shadow: files
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publickey: files
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hosts: files dns
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networks: files
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protocols: db files
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services: db files
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ethers: db files
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rpc: db files
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netgroup: db files
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# End /etc/nsswitch.conf
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<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
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<para>The <userinput>tzselect</userinput> script has to be run and the
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questions regarding your timezone have to be answered.
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When you're done, the script will give the
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location of the needed timezone file.</para>
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<para> Create the <filename class="directory">/etc/localtime</filename> symlink
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by running:</para>
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<para><screen><userinput>cd /etc &&
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ln -sf ../usr/share/zoneinfo/<tzselect's output> localtime</userinput></screen></para>
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<para>tzselect's output can be something like <emphasis>EST5EDT</emphasis> or
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<emphasis>Canada/Eastern</emphasis>.</para>
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<para>The symlink you'd create with that information would be:</para>
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<para><screen><userinput>ln -sf ../usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT localtime</userinput></screen></para>
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<para>Or:</para>
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<para><screen><userinput>ln -sf ../usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Eastern localtime </userinput></screen></para>
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</sect2>
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